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The "Steam Plant" 1921-93
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Phase III was designed in 1920 and constructed in 1921. Six more boilers, another
generator and three more stacks were added, bringing the total production capacity of the
plant to 30,000 kilowatts. |
| Interior, three 50,000 hp generators, 1921. |
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City Light demonstrates the power of electricity in an era where large scale
distribution of electricity was a new technological advancement in competition with the
more established natural gas industry. |
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City Light's Steam Plant, 1928. |
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In Phase III the exterior of the plant assumed a more formal civic appearance,
increasing the height by adding a second story. The penthouse contained the control panels
that distributed the power across the city. |
| View from Fairview Avenue East, 1937. |
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In September, 1987 the Steam Plant was decommissioned. After years of minimal use,
except for occasional firing of the boilers, the time had come to surplus the property and
the process was set in motion. |
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Steam Plant in state of neglect, 1993. |
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